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let me aks yous a question. is there a link to provide proof for this, i have a friend who would absolutely die if he read this...

here ya go

ok so its not that its a class but they need translators for it cause its an "exotic" language lol its sooo funny

Ha that funny. I hope they offer this soon in my school, so i can get down with my homies in the ghetto fo sho.

Ebonix? Is that supposed to be a mix of 'ebony' and 'something else that I really can't guess'? Why not just call it Nigglish if it's only spoken by 'black people' - that's a mix of the latin word for black and english and makes far more sense.

Ebonics >.> and you're kinda cutting a lil deep there buddy.

That is really.... weird. It is not like it is a learning disorder. Its just the carelessness of educated speaking. I'm still in school and you have some blacks who speak proper English down to punctuation, than you have others who speak "ebonics" (I guess if that's the word we seem to be using). Its all in someone's mind set. I see it as if someone won't take the time to learn proper English, than there is no need for translators for educational purposes.

How would you explain to someone what you do for a living btw? lol

I think this is racist because if white people decided to create a language, it would be considered white supremicist but black people do it and very little contreversy ensues (minus on the AG forums of course)

I did find the comment RugRat kinda interesting because he's totally right there. Olde English--> Modern English --> Ebonics. Different types of sub-languages evolve from a branch language, kind of weird to thing about.

I believe white people created several languages - including English, Spanish, Polish, French, Italian, etc...

White people created languages but not a language that is exclusively white, many black people speak those languages, and not counting Eminem, no white people speak Ebonics, not by choice, but because they sound like they are making a fool of themselves and blacks frown upon outside use of their private language, believe me.

Excuse me a second here - the following is a quote that I've been asked to place here:

"DIALECTAL DRIFT IS A WIDER SOCIAL PHENOMENON NOT A CONSCIOUS DECISION YOU IGNORANT PRICK"

Dialectal drift? I've lived in a community that is predominatlly black all my life and I don't speak like that... 95% of the words I hear every day come out of black's mouths but I still sound white... are you sure? By the way you can insult me to my face you dont need to quote and imaginary 3rd party I won't hurt ya

Nope - the third party in this is not imaginary. They are, however, more eloquent than me:

"dialect and language are also commonly divided along racial and ethnic lines, not just socioeconomic ones."

If you've ever been to england you will notice black people speak the queen's english just as well as the white so the above statement is not nessacarilly true.

Here's your reply - I love being a go-between.

"As I said, sometimes it splits along the ethnic lines, sometimes along the socioeconomic lines, it has a lot to do with social mobility and racial intergration within a particular society, Black English is more divergent in the US due to a more persistent cultural prejudice"